We didn’t think we were going to get to go on our annual trip to Bude in North Cornwall this year. We traditionally visit during the Easter holidays in April but, of course, the coronavirus pandemic meant that our eagerly-awaited holiday was cancelled as we were still in the midst of a strict lockdown. As…
We usually visit Bude in North Cornwall every single year – it’s our happy place. We were supposed to be staying at our favourite accommodation – The Beach Haven – during the Easter holidays back in April but then Covid-19 hit, lockdown happened and everything got cancelled. We’re still very much hoping to be able…
Back in the summer of 2016 we spent a week exploring Jersey in the Channel Islands and the girls have been begging to go back ever since. It’s an absolutely beautiful, completely unique place – the perfect, short-haul getaway destination from the UK. And there are so many family-friendly things to do in Jersey! I…
It’s become a little bit of a tradition that we escape on holiday for the first week of the summer holidays. As soon as the final bell of the academic year rings, we’re swapping school uniforms for comfy clothes, grabbing ready-packed suitcases and heading down (or up!) the motorway to the airport to catch a…
Cornwall is jam-packed full of a huge range of National Trust sites: beautiful gardens; impressive houses; wild beaches and idyllic countryside walks. The vast majority of them are located along the county’s breathtakingly rugged coastline. We have already explored some (Boscastle, Northcott Mouth beach and Morwenstow’s ‘Hawker’s Hut’ – the National Trust’s smallest property –…
A couple of weeks ago I shared Part One of our family holiday to Bude, documenting the first half of our adventures in our happy place by the sea. This post, Part Two, covers the second half of our family holiday to Bude, including the bonus days we were lucky enough to be gifted by…
Hi there. everybody! Today’s post is all about the second half of our holiday to Bude, North Cornwall. Part One was all about the first five days of our trip – Saturday to Wednesday – and this time it will be documenting the last five days – Thursday to Monday (we left on Tuesday). So…
Our annual, much-loved, family holiday to Bude in Cornwall during the Easter holidays feels like forever ago. Life has been so busy since then that it’s taken me two whole months to be able to create the time to sit down and write these travel diaries. Looking through all the photographs and thinking back over…
Hi there! I’m very sorry- I haven’t been on here for a VERY long time! We have had the fire, two months of a kitchen-free environment and have just been on holiday to Bude, North Cornwall. And so here is Part One of my blog post… ENJOY! Day One: Saturday After waking up really early…
In May half term we embarked on our first ever mini family road trip through Somerset, Dorset and Hampshire, visiting family and friends and staying for a couple of days in each place. You can read all about our time at a beautiful, wisteria-covered farmhouse in Somerset in Part One; our first ever experience of…